Chong Wei loses in first round at World Championships

KUALA LUMPUR — Aug. 22, 2017: Datuk Lee Chong Wei today again failed in his attempt to be world champion when he lost to unknown Frenchman Brice Leverdez in the first round of the World Championships in Glasgow.

The current world number two lost 19-21, 24-22, 17-21 to the same player who beat him in the Denmark Open last year.

Zulfadli will face Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk from Thailand next while Rio Olympics silver medallists Goh V. Shem/Tan Wee Kiong, who received a bye in the first round, face Chung Eui Seok/Kim Dukyoung from South Korea tomorrow. — Bernama